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Areté Market Review Q223: The Interest Rate Parlor Game

The second quarter was characterized by a debt ceiling showdown (which perversely provided a boost to liquidity) and by a big spurt in tech stocks.

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Market Review Q123: Reading the Monetary Tea Leaves

Just as it is getting ever-more important to anticipate changes in Fed policy, those changes are becoming more uncertain. One way to help resolve this dilemma is by explicitly incorporating political and public policy goals into the monetary policy calculus.

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Areté Market Review Q422: Cash is King-ish

It's easy to take the wrong signal from recent market strength.

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Market Review Q322

In the context of a rough year so far, it's a good time to review whether this is just a bump in the road or something more serious to prepare for.

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QT on the QT

The Fed's program of QT has flown under the radar for a lot of reasons. That low profile belies its importance, however. Not only is the Fed likely to persist in this program, but it will create a strong headwind for risk assets.

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Market Review Q222: Breaking Up is Hard to Do

As investment conditions become more difficult, many investors remain paralyzed, still enthralled by the charms of the Fed's QE program. That relationship no long works for investors so it is time to break up and do something different.

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Bear Watch

With stocks down around 20% year-to-date, it is important for investors to know what kind of bear they are dealing with.

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Market review Q122

The market was tough in the first quarter. Find out what it means for long-term investors.

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Arete Market Review Q421: The Low-Rate Conundrum

Rates have seemed lower than they should be for a long time. With inflation surging higher now, it is critical investors solve this puzzle so they can construct portfolios accordingly

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Areté market review Q3 21

After solid performance in both July and August, the S&P 500 was considerably weaker in September. It was more than just passing weakness, however. The stock market looked much less the cocksure prize fighter than the contender who took a shot to the jaw that wobbled his knees.

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Market review Q221

After a devastating selloff last year and a remarkable rebound since, it's as important as ever to have a good mental model of what is driving the market.

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Areté quarterly review Q121: Incorporating inflation

After a long period of disinflation and trending markets, emerging signs of inflation threaten to upend a lot of investment playbooks.

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Market Review Q420: The Trouble With Bubbles

The trouble with bubbles is they prey on human weakness. They are also high impact investment events.

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Market Review Q320: Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Passive investing continues to gain share at the expense of active. In doing so, however, it is also substantially increasing systemic risk.

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Market Review Q220: Calibrating the Craziness

After an extremely eventful first half of the year, the key to managing through is understanding what has happened and why.